Display-stand.



G. B. FREDERIOKS.

DISPLAY STAND. PI LwATmN IILBD N0v.'11, 1907.

PATBNTED AUG. 18, 1908.

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DISPLAY-STAND Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed November 11, 1907. Serial No. 401,693.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. FREDER- IOKS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Paulding, in the county of Paulding and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Display-Stand, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a stand designed especially for exhibitingwomens hats; and has for its object to provide an improved display standto be placed in a store and in the store window to carry a womans orchilds hat removably fastened thereto with sufficient firmness to ermitthe hat being moved into any desired position and present its moststriking points to the public.

A further object of the invention relates to the construction of thestand wherein the upper portion clamping the hat may be easily removedfrom the base and the hat shown an intended purchaser without oncetouching the hat, thereby obviating the deteriorating effects ofhandling which often soils and dis arranges hats to such an extent thattheir value is greatly reduced if not wholly destroyed.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafterdescribed and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a vertical section through thecenter of the stand. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the removable part whichis held in the hand when showing a hat. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the hatclamp. Fig. 4 is a cross section thereof, enlarged, on the line 4-4,Fig. 3.

Similar reference numerals are used for the same parts on all thefigures.

The base of the display stand comprises a foot piece 1 of porcelain,iron or other suitable material sufficiently heavy, or broad, or both toprevent the stand overturning. It may be ornamental or plain andsupports rigidly in vertical position a column or rod 2. This column orrod 2 may be fastened to the foot in any convenient manner, such forinstance, as that shown in Fig. 1, where the rod 2 has screwed on itslower end a plug or bushing 3 inserted in a hole 4 in the center of thefoot which, in this case, is hollow on its under side and provided witha shoulder 5 where the hole 4 opens into the hollow of the foot. Theplug or bushing 3 is fastened to the foot piece by a washer 6, bearingagainst the shoulder 5, and a screw 7 passing through said washer andinto the plug. A flange 8 on the upper end of the plug or bushing 3 prevents it being drawn through the hole by the screw 7 and insures a tightconnection.

Screwed'on the upper end of the rod or column 2 is a head 9, from thetop of which rises a straight cylindrical stud 10 of less diameter thanthe head 9. Supported on the stud 10 by a slip connection 1s a tubularbarrel 11, here shown as cylindrical but it may be otherwise shaped ifdesired. The up er end 12 of the barrel 11 is of hemis herica shapehaving an axially placed ho e 13 through which passes a rod 14 carryinga ball 15 within the barrel and seated against the hemispherical end 12thereof.

Slidable within the barrel 11 and bearing against the ball 15 from belowis a button 16, supported on the upper end of a coil spring 17 whichlatter has its lower end resting on a button 18 movable up and down thebarrel by a screw 19 threaded in a fixed nut 20 with in said barrel.When the screw is turned to compress the spring, the ball is pressedagainst the hemispherical seat in the barrel and one in the button 16,thus creating sufficient friction to retain the rod 14 and the hatsupported thereon in whatever position it may be placed, yet yieldingenough to enable the position of the rod to be changed by hand.

The rod 14 is bent at an angle a short distance above the ball 15forming an offset 21, its outer end 22 being turned vertically andflattened to support a horizontally curved spring plate 23 rivetedthereto at one end. The spring plate 23 has a curvature of a half circleor a little more, the radius being greater than that of the band of anyhat intended to be placed thereon. The spring plate 23 is incased invelvet or other soft material 24 to prevent the metal from injuring orsoiling the hat band, and has its free end bent inwardly into a hook orloop 25 for the finger to enter when the size of the spring plate is tobe less ened.

A hat is mounted on the stand by placing a finger in the loop 25 and thethumb against the rod 14 and then drawing the end of the spring plate 23toward the rod 14. The hat is then placed over the contracted springplate an the latter allowed to expand until it comes in contact with thehat band. The resiliency of the plate is sufficient to hold the hat,even when inverted, from falling off.

Now, by taking hold of the rod 14, and moving it, the hat can be tiltedin any direction desired, and as the barrel 7 is not tight on the stud10 by turning the barrel all sides of the hat can be brought into view.When a customer wishes to inspect the hat, instead of taking the hat inthe hands, the saleswoman grasps the barrel 7 and removes it from thestud 10 on the base and turns it in every direction, showing every artof the hat both outside and inside, the atter view not being interferedwith by the spring plate nor the rod 14. After showing the hat thebarrel is replaced on the stud, holding the hat in the same position asbefore its removal.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim is 1. In adisplay stand, a base comprising a foot piece, a rod attached theretoand a head fastened to said rod provided with an upright cylindricalstud, a tubular barrel or hand grip removably and rotatably carried bysaid stud extending a short distance thereinto'at one end, a rodprojecting from the other end adapted to be spring held in any positionto which it may be moved, and a hat supporter carried by said rod.

2. In a display stand, a base comprising a foot piece, an upright rodattached thereto and a head fastened to the upper end of said rodprovided with a cylindrical stud, a tubular barrel or hand griprotatably carried by said stud and freely removable therefrom, the upperend 'of'said barrel formed with a ball scat, an oifset rod having a ballon one end bearing against said seat and having a curved spring holderriveted on the other end above said hand grip, a nut fixed within saidhand grip and a screw threaded thereinto, a spring between said nut andsaid ball and a button at each end of said spring bearing respectivelyagainst said ball. and said screw.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEO- E. FREDERICKS.

Witnesses S. W. ENNIs, MADGE CRAWFORD.

